This article was first published on the 23rd of August 2019 by Patrick Carpen.
Last updated: August 23, 2019 at 17:52 pm
On the 23rd of August, 2019, about 20 days into the devastation series of blazes across the Amazon Rainforest, France was the first country to propose sanctions against Brazil for its damaging lack of environmental policies.
A few hours later, Ireland announced that it supports the move in cutting off the European Trade Deal, Murcosur unless Brazil revises its environmental policies.
But the Murcosur cut-off will not only affect Brazil. It will also affect the three other member countries: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay – and the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, will be the one to shoulder the responsibility.
Brazil’s far-right president, former military leader Jair Bolsonaro, is being blamed for relaxing conservation laws aimed at protecting the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil and giving farmers, loggers and miners more control over indigenous lands.
It is speculated that the fires were set intentionally as part of an industrialization process.
Since the 4th of August, nothing significant has been done to fight the onslaught of fires which has been devastating precious forest and animal lives across the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.